Despite increasing patient risk profiles, stroke rates after CABG have declined over 30 years, with the majority occurring postoperatively.
Among patients undergoing CABG surgery at a single center over the past 30 years, the occurrence of stroke declined despite an increasing patient risk profile, and more than half of strokes occurred postoperatively rather than intraoperatively.
Khaldoun G. Tarakji (Tue,) studied this question.
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